Corden apologises for cutting short Adele’s ‘moment in the sun’

JAMES Corden said today he apologised to Adele immediately after he had to cut
short her acceptance speech at last night’s Brits so Blur could play.

The awards show host said sorry to the double Brit winner in her dressing room
straight after the live TV mix-up.

And he revealed that he had begged Brits bosses not to stop Adele halfway
through her Best Album thank-you to make way for Blur’s performance.

His intervention sparked outrage from viewers, who have complained in droves
to ITV.

And it prompted Adele to make a rude one-fingered gesture live on television,
which she later said was aimed at the “suits” behind the show’s
production.

Distraught comedian Corden said today: “I was so upset I didn’t even
watch Blur. I went straight backstage and spoke to her.

“I just wanted to say ‘I’m so sorry, if I had it my way…’ — but
unfortunately you can’t make those calls.

“It would have been a wonderful TV moment for Adele to have her moment in
the sun and say what she had to say.

He then described the events: “Just after Adele said thank you, people
were saying ‘You have to go on now. You have to do it now’. I said: ‘How can
we cut her off?’

“It was such a surreal moment, all you can hear is five people in your
ear having an argument and there’s one overriding voice saying ‘James you
have to’.”

He added: “It’s a shame but it’s a live show and what can you do? It’s
one of those things. The channel will learn from it, we’ll all learn from it
and rectify that and change it next year.”

The singer, who also bagged the British Female Solo Artist award, looked
embarrassed as host Corden cut across her thank-yous to make way for indie
legends Blur.

She was then seen ‘flipping the finger’ as stage lights went down for the
band.

The Someone Like You star said backstage at London’s O2 arena: “It wasn’t
to my fans. I’m sorry if I offended anyone, it was the suits that offended
me.”

ITV received 170 complaints and today apologised for the bungle: “The
Brits is a live event. Unfortunately the programme was over-running and we
had to move on. We would like to apologise to Adele for the interruption.

“We regret this happened and we send our deepest apologies to Adele that
her big moment was cut short due to the live show over-running.

“We don’t want this to undermine her incredible achievement in winning
our night’s biggest award. It tops off what’s been an incredible year for
her.”